| Short Title: | Hill Farming Act 1946 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to make provision for promoting the rehabilitation of hill farming land; for the payment of subsidies in respect of hill sheep and hill cattle, for controlling the keeping of rams and ram lambs; for regulating the burning of heather and grass; for amending the law as to the valuation of sheep stocks in Scotland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
| Year: | 1946 |
| Citation: | 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73 |
| Royal Assent: | 6 November 1946 |
| Status: | amended |
| Original Text: | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/73/contents/enacted |
| Use New Uk-Leg: | yes |
The Hill Farming Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed during the Labour government of Clement Attlee. This Act aimed to encourage the expansion of pastoral farming and made grants available for improving upland farms.[1] [2]